New Drainage 14 Tee

Last week we were closed for 2 days in a row and we took advantage of these two days to complete a drainage project on 14 Tee that was long over due.  We ran drainage from the number 1 tee box past the 2 tee box and then down to the lake.  The project was completed just like all of the drainage projects in the winter. First, the sod was stripped, then the trench was excavated with a mini-excavator, next a thin layer of gravel went into the bottom of the trench, then the slotted pipe placed onto the top of the gravel, after that the pipe is covered in gravel and the trench is filled to about 4 inches below ground level with gravel, next a layer of sand goes down on top of the gravel, and finally the sod that was removed earlier gets put back onto the top of the trench.  We had a few things working against us in this project. First, there is not much fall from the back of the number 2 tee to the front of it and it is a large tee. Therefore, we had to be very precise when digging our trench and constantly checking with the transit to make sure that we had enough fall for the water to run to the lake. Secondly, the irrigation line for 14 Tee runs directly in the lowest point of the ditch that we were running our drainage in.  This forced us to move over a few feet and run parallel to the line, trying to stay as close to the bottom of the wet area without hitting the irrigation line.